HOA know as different names. Why?

I live in a newly built community that is still not complete. We are known as the "Hills at Woodgate", which is a name the Builder and Developer decided on a few years (when construction began). Now the By Laws state we are the "Woodside Village Homeowners Association" and the Declaration says we are "Woodgate Village". Why are there so many names?

My management company who was hired by the previous Declarant in October 2007 found a copy of papers in her files from the PA Department of State Corporation Bureau, Articles of Incorporation - Nonprofit. The name of the corporation is Woodside Village Homeowners Association. The corporation is incorporated under the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988 for the purpose - Homeowners' Association - Residential Community. The corporatin is organized on a non-stock basis.

Also, we as a newly formed BOD in April of 2008 like the name "The Hills at Woodgate" rather than the others. One being their is an apartment community on the same road as us called the "Woodgate Apartments", and we do not want to have an coorelation with them at all.

We have all of our coorespondence and legalities as "Woodside Village HOA" at the moment. And the Builder, Developer and Township all refer to us as "The Hills at Woodgate".

My question is why are there three names, is this customary of an Association? And if it is not customary (which I do not think it is), how do I go about ammending my By Laws and Declaration?

Thank you very much for helping a first time BOD member and President of less than 4 months.

Melissa

The official, incorporated name of us is the XX Community Association, but our checks list us as the XX Community, and we most often refer to us as the XX Home Owners Association. So far, no problems.

Same with my neighborhood. We have several sections each named XX #1, XX #2 and so on. Our subdivision on the outside states just one XX! I believe only one section in our neghborhood changed their title to be just XX.

Melissa,

Is this a large community made up of a number of subdivisions, all with different names? I live in an area called Arrowhead Ranch. Within "the Ranch" are nunerous subdivisions, all with different names. There are about 6 different HOAs all with different names. I live in the New Legends s/d and my HOA is called Arrowhead Ranch Phase III HOA. All my gov. docs. show the name of the HOA, New Legends isn't mentioned anywhere. Could this be the case with your assn? Perhaps the name of the community or your s/d was mistakenly shown on one doc instead of the name of the HOA? Could the developer be contacted for clarification?

Melissa,

If the community is not fully built, why isn't the developer not available anymore? Who controls the assn?